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Garlic came up beautifully this year
In Vancouver, WA
Never had tops this healthy. Can't wait to pull up the bulbs. http://users.megapath.net/~gletendre...c/DSC00040.JPG http://users.megapath.net/~gletendre...c/DSC00039.JPG -SCR |
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Garlic came up beautifully this year
wow, what's your secret? Special variety? Special soil?
"scr" wrote in message ... In Vancouver, WA Never had tops this healthy. Can't wait to pull up the bulbs. http://users.megapath.net/~gletendre...c/DSC00040.JPG http://users.megapath.net/~gletendre...c/DSC00039.JPG -SCR |
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Garlic came up beautifully this year
Those do look really good! I was looking at mine today. Most are not
yet breaking ground. The snow just left the garlic bed this week. I can assure you that mine will not ever look as good as yours do this year. Steve scr wrote: In Vancouver, WA Never had tops this healthy. Can't wait to pull up the bulbs. http://users.megapath.net/~gletendre...c/DSC00040.JPG http://users.megapath.net/~gletendre...c/DSC00039.JPG -SCR |
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Garlic came up beautifully this year
Betsy wrote: wow, what's your secret? Special variety? Special soil? No secret. I'm fortunate to live in an area (Portland, OR) that has superb soil, no hard winter and lots of water. The ground doesn't freeze except for occaisional crust. My yard is prehistoric Columbia River bed. Not only do I not have rocks; I don't even have pebbles. I have generally great success with plants. My tomato plants yield like crazy. I use only organic ingredients. I like to think that has lots to do with the plant health. The primary nitrogen source is fishmeal. I also generate genuine compost from food scraps and coffee grounds from StarBucks. My compost takes four years per batch. No trendy tumblers etc. Ya can't push the decomposition process in my book. -SCR |
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Garlic came up beautifully this year
Steve wrote: Those do look really good! I was looking at mine today. Most are not yet breaking ground. The snow just left the garlic bed this week. I can assure you that mine will not ever look as good as yours do this year. Steve Just broke ground? Do you plant in the Fall? I've always thought Garlic had to overwinter and be planted in the Fall. SCR |
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Garlic came up beautifully this year
On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 13:41:59 -0700, scr wrote:
In Vancouver, WA Never had tops this healthy. Can't wait to pull up the bulbs. http://users.megapath.net/~gletendre...c/DSC00040.JPG http://users.megapath.net/~gletendre...c/DSC00039.JPG -SCR What variety is this? Only my Calif. Whites (grocery store bulbs) look anything like these ... and even there I'd guess yours are about a good week ahead of mine. My Metechi, Leningrad and Ajo Rojo are only about 1/3 of the size you are showing. Are you -sure- you didn't take this picture last summer? ;-) Bill -- http://cannaday.us (genealogy) http://organic-earth.com (organic gardening) Uptimes below for the machines that created / host these sites. 01:43:00 up 4 days, 9:27, 2 users, load average: 0.73, 0.40, 0.25 01:38:00 up 105 days, 4:50, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 |
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Garlic came up beautifully this year
Anonymous wrote: What variety is this? Unfortunately, I didn't record the name of the varieties. I just bought (3) different kinds of hardnecks from Portland Nursery last October, broke them up and planted them with a generous dose of 4 year-old compost, plus (4)fish-meal, (1)rock-phosphate, (1)kelp-meal, (1)cottonseed-meal, (1)Dolomite-Lime. Only my Calif. Whites (grocery store bulbs) look anything like these ... and even there I'd guess yours are about a good week ahead of mine. My Metechi, Leningrad and Ajo Rojo are only about 1/3 of the size you are showing. Are you -sure- you didn't take this picture last summer? ;-) Bill What?! No fraud, buddy. I took those shots yesterday. -SCR |
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Garlic came up beautifully this year
Steve expounded:
Those do look really good! I was looking at mine today. Most are not yet breaking ground. The snow just left the garlic bed this week. I can assure you that mine will not ever look as good as yours do this year. Mine didn't do so well yet either, I'm wondering if I lost more than I usually do. It's early yet, I may get more than I think I will. I usually have pretty good luck with it. -- Ann, Gardening in zone 6a Just south of Boston, MA ******************************** |
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Garlic came up beautifully this year
It was planted last fall. The ground has been frozen until recently.
Steve scr wrote: Just broke ground? Do you plant in the Fall? I've always thought Garlic had to overwinter and be planted in the Fall. SCR |
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Garlic came up beautifully this year
On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 23:01:09 -0700, scr wrote:
Anonymous wrote: What variety is this? Looks like Elephant garlic to me. Janice Unfortunately, I didn't record the name of the varieties. I just bought (3) different kinds of hardnecks from Portland Nursery last October, broke them up and planted them with a generous dose of 4 year-old compost, plus (4)fish-meal, (1)rock-phosphate, (1)kelp-meal, (1)cottonseed-meal, (1)Dolomite-Lime. Only my Calif. Whites (grocery store bulbs) look anything like these ... and even there I'd guess yours are about a good week ahead of mine. My Metechi, Leningrad and Ajo Rojo are only about 1/3 of the size you are showing. Are you -sure- you didn't take this picture last summer? ;-) Bill What?! No fraud, buddy. I took those shots yesterday. -SCR |
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Garlic came up beautifully this year
On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 14:46:27 -0600, Janice
wrote: Nope. I have no use for Elephant Garlic. It's for those that equate size with taste. scr |
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Garlic came up beautifully this year
On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 17:47:25 -0700, SCR wrote:
On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 14:46:27 -0600, Janice wrote: Nope. I have no use for Elephant Garlic. It's for those that equate size with taste. scr Or like raw garlic in salads. -- http://cannaday.us (genealogy) http://organic-earth.com (organic gardening) Uptimes below for the machines that created / host these sites. 17:57:00 up 6 days, 1:41, 4 users, load average: 0.12, 0.17, 0.16 17:52:00 up 106 days, 21:04, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 |
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Garlic came up beautifully this year
Anonymous wrote:
Or like raw garlic in salads. You can't use regular garlic raw in salads? Yours in bad breath, Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at www.albany.net/~gwoods Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G |
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Garlic came up beautifully this year
On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 17:59:41 -0400, Anonymous wrote: On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 17:47:25 -0700, SCR wrote: On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 14:46:27 -0600, Janice wrote: Nope. I have no use for Elephant Garlic. It's for those that equate size with taste. scr Or like raw garlic in salads. Huh? Why do you think I put so much effort into growing my own? I crush it raw into olive oil, add sesame oil, crushed white pepper, squeeze real lemon slice....let it steep....and then pour it over a salad. Man....MMMMMMM. Sometimes I do strain out the pulp of the garlic to lesten the garlic breath but that's only if the salad is "To Go". scr |
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Garlic came up beautifully this year
Nope. I have no use for Elephant Garlic. It's for those that equate size
with taste... Try porcelain. It's a large head with good flavor. |
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